With its latest exhibit, “John Waters: Pope of Trash,” the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has paradoxically found a way to revere the irreverent. The show, which opens to the public on ...

John Waters stands for a portrait during a press preview of the "John Waters: Pope of Trash" special exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California in 2023 ...

Self-described "filth elder" John Waters unveiled his sidewalk star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday. "It's about time," said fan Kyle Montgomery, who attended the event. "The world is trash.